During the month of November, the Catholic Church devoutly prays for the faithful departed. We honored this devotion at SMS by visiting the Old Ripley Cemetery today, with first-eighth graders. We were blessed with beautiful weather and great conversation. Some discussions were centered around the Revolutionary War because three veterans are buried in the historical graveyard. It was great to spend our morning with our beloved veterans of the community and continue this lesson throughout the school day. Ask your students about their day, it was packed with adventures in learning!
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Thank you to all the volunteers, bakers, and bidders who made the Harvest Dinner and Cake Auction such a huge success. We raised over $5700 for SMS! This is almost $2,000 more than last year.
This is another reminder that there will be no Ripley bus service tomorrow, Tuesday, 11/7/2023.
Happening this week at SMS
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Thanks again to everyone who made the Harvest Dinner and Bake Sale a success today. More on that later.
Good morning. The cake auction is now up on our public FB Page. If you can please go bid! Either way, please share the post. Again, thanks to everyone who volunteered and donated the awesome desserts!
Thanks to everyone who signed up to help with the Harvest Dinner / Cake Auction. Special thanks to Erika Burns for getting everything for the dinner together, and Kelly Gilkerson for organizing the decoration of the Hall. Be sure to plan to eat and bid on cakes with us Sunday! Tell your friends!
There will be no Ripley Bus Service on Tuesday 11/7, due to the election.
Thanks Mr. Hyde for doing this for our students!
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Don't forget Book Fair tomorrow! All books are $5 each. Send your money in the envelope that came home with your student. Parents are welcome to visit the Book Fair between 10am and 2pm tomorrow. The Book Fair will be held in the Parish Hall. The school library will be able to get books from the profits of the Book Fair.
Huge thank you to Reverend Chuck Reeves and our friends at the Methodist Church for donating almost 250lb of hamburger patties to SMS!
Halloween Pumpkin Glow in Ripley this weekend!
Field Trip for 3-6 Grades
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Due to the funeral of St. Michael Parishioner Tom Crowley, the Parish Hall will not be available for lunch service this Friday, October 27. We ask that all students pack lunches that day. We will have supplies for sandwiches in the office in case anyone forgets their lunch. Thank you for understanding.
Frisbee golf and tetherball are all set up and ready to go now! Big thanks to Mr. Frebis for digging the holes, and pouring the concrete to make our outdoor time more fun!
The Harvest Dinner and Cake Auction is scheduled for Sunday, November 5. We have had a lot going on, and have gotten a late start in the planning of this event. If you are able or would like to pitch in and help me with this event, please contact me by the end of the week. I have some ideas, and I will be happy to get things done on my end, but I'm going to need some help on this. We made around $4,000 last year, mostly from the cake auction. I'm definitely open to new ideas. Thank you!
Today, we will be sending home with the 8th graders an informational packet from Catholic High Schools in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. They have tuition, scholarship, and contact information for all of the Catholic High Schools in case anyone is interested. It also has Open House dates.
All Saints Day!
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Veteran's Day at SMS
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